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9th Grade: the [second] iPad Handout for 2024

You have a decision to make on HOW you will go about getting your data transferred from your old iPad to the new one.

Soon you will fill out a form expressing your preference. For now, below are your options.

More details will be coming soon via homeroom, email, and the Freshman Focus teachers.

OPTION ONE – the Orientation route

On your current iPad, you make sure Notability notes and your Photos are backed up.
You hand in your iPad.
Mr. Rule hands you a new one, and you go through the exact same setup you did back at Orientation. [Click that link if you would like a reminder of what you did back at Orientation.]

  • Advantage: A LOT fewer visits with Mr. Rule.
  • Disadvantage: A lot more steps for you to do, including downloading Notability notes from Drive to your iPad

OPTION TWO – Backup/Restore

On your current iPad, you make sure Notability notes and your Photos are backed up.

You hand in your iPad to Mr. Rule – and pick up a loaner [if needed]. 

Mr. Rule pulls a backup of your iPad, which takes about 20 minutes, then transfers the data to the new iPad.

You pick up your old iPad, and keep using it while your new iPad is being prepared.
Once Mr. Rule emails you that your iPad is ready, you turn in the loaner iPad [if you used one] AND your old iPad.

On your new iPad, you sign in to your AppleID, and go about your day.

  • Advantage: Much easier setup
  • Disadvantage: A LOT more coordinating, going by Mr. Rule’s office in DS1, and time.

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPad_(10th_generation):

The design of the tenth-generation iPad more closely resembles the higher-end iPad Air and Pro models, with flatter edges and no home button. As with the iPad Air and Mini, the Touch ID sensor is located in the power button. It is available in silver, blue, pink, and yellow color finishes.[7]

Like the iPad Air, it has a 10.9-inch 2360×1640 Liquid Retina display; an increase from the previous 10.2-inch model, but it is not laminated.[7] The tenth-generation iPad uses an A14 Bionic processor, previously seen in the fourth-generation iPad Air and the iPhone 12 in 2020. The chip has a 6-core CPU, a 4-core GPU, and a 16-core Neural Engine.[7]

The tenth-generation iPad has Bluetooth 5.2 and Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) wireless capabilities, as well as sub-6 GHz 5G on cellular models. It is the first base model iPad to use USB-C instead of the Lightning connector; connectivity is limited to USB 2.0 transfer speeds, with support for external displays at 1080p resolution at a refresh rate of 60 Hz, or 2160p at 30 Hz.[7] The tenth-generation iPad does not include a headphone connector, requiring wireless headphones or a USB-C adapter sold separately.[7]

The tenth-generation iPad features a 12-megapixel rear-facing wide-angle camera with an ƒ/1.8 aperture and 4K video recording support.[8] In a first for any iPad, the front-facing camera is now located on the long edge of the display, so that it is horizontally centered when the tablet is in a landscape orientation.[9][7]

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Stretch out your iPad Battery

Here are 8 tips for stretching out your iPad battery life.

  1. Use Dark Mode
  2. Check Battery usage per app
  3. Turn on Low Power Mode
  4. Disable Background refresh
  5. Use 80% charging
  6. Set a quicker auto-lock
  7. Turn off Auto Brightness
  8. Power off more often

USE DARK MODE

This can have a slight effect on battery life due to being less bright.

CHECK BATTERY USAGE PER APP

Settings –> Battery, the click the “Battery usage by app” tab. Look at the stats and change how you use the device to stretch out your battery life.

TURN ON LOW POWER MODE

Settings –> Battery –> Low Power Mode. This turns off a lot of background activity, slows down screen refresh rate, and dims the display somewhat.

DISABLE BACKGROUND REFRESH

This is a feature that allows apps to refresh data in the background, even if you did not start them up. [Mail would be an example.] You can select WHICH apps can background refresh by going to Settings –> General –> Background Refresh.

You can turn it off globally with the slider at the top, but that would make using your iPad really inconvenient at school.

SET A QUICKER AUTO-LOCK

That way the device will lock and the screen turn off sooner when you are not using it. There is a balance to be had here, though – it is really annoying to have the screen lock when all you were doing was thinking about the next sentence to type in that paper.

TURN OFF AUTO-BRIGHTNESS

Settings –> Accessibility –> Display & Text Size. The iPad will automatically match the display brightness based on the ambient light – convenient for sure, but it can cause drain on the battery.

POWER OFF MORE OFTEN

If the device if OFF, then it is not draining the battery. It is a good idea to power it down about once a week anyway.

Original article is at https://www.macworld.com/article/2424975/ipad-battery-tips-dark-mode-charging-airplane-mode.htm

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iPad Setup: If incomplete during Orientation

WHY ALL THESE STEPS?

  • Drive sign-in –> Your digital documents will be stashed here.
  • Apple Mail –> Get used to checking your email regularly.
  • Notability –> Notability will automaticall backup any of your Notes and Docs to Drive, so they will be available from pretty much any internet-enabled device. The Format setting of PDF+Recording means you will be able to view/printout your docs.
  • Google Photos –> When you open up Google Photos, your pix and vids will automatically be backed up to Google Drive.

    Backups are good. Ask any teacher.
  • Apple ID –> Mandatory as of this year. See Mr. Rule for details.

Here is how to complete your iPad setup, in case things went awry during Orientation:

Join your home wifi network.
Settings app –> WiFi.

Sign in to Google Drive.
Use your MDS email address and password.

Click on the Apple Mail icon.
Choose the GOOGLE option, and sign in
[it might not ask you to].
Make all the sliders green, then Save.

Start up Notability.

After the “ad” screens, click on the gear icon, bottom left corner.

Click ICLOUD BACKUP –> Turn it OFF.

Click on AUTOBACKUP, then select GOOGLE DRIVE.

Click FORMAT, and select PDF+RECORDING.

Find GOOGLE PHOTOS [not “Photos”].

If it asks you to backup as “you” –> YES.
YOUR decision on Original Quality vs Space Saver.

If it does NOT ask you to backup:

  • Find Settings [probably icon on the top right]
  • Click “Backup and Sync”
  • Make sure the slider is ON [ it should be slid to the right.]

Sign into your AppleID [Settings –> Top left column]

If the AppleID info you were given at Orientation is not working, OR you have no idea what your password / AppleID email is –> send Mr. Rule an email asking for a reset AppleID password..

You will receive an email from Apple with your new temporary password. Remember that what it calls “Current Password” is your TEMPORARY password.